419 scam: Peace Fernando <joslinetambwwe@yahoo.com> can you help me out?

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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "death certificate" (this phrase is often used in inheritance scams such as next of kin or https://www.419scam.org/419-murdered-businessman.htm">orphan scams. )
- "hundred thousand us dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
This email message is a orphan scam.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- peacefernando41@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Peace Fernando <joslinetambwwe@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: peacefernando@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2011 13:33:23 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: can you help me out?

l will be more than happy in your reply to my mail.How was your day?,Mine is a little bit hot over here in Accra Ghana.
My name is Joscelin Peace Fernando from Egypt from city of Alexandria,i am 5.6ft tall,
Fair in complexion,(never married before )and presently i am residing in the refugee camp here in Accra,as a result of the attack in our church killing all members of our family including my parents , My late father Dr Fernando Luise . was the managing director of a Gold Refinery firm in Egypt although we are nationality of Angola but my late father nationalized in Egypt before our birth and because of his business of Gold he nationalized in Egypt .It was only me that is alive now and I managed to make my way to a near by peaceful country Ghana where i am leaving now.I would like to know
more about you.
Here is the Phone Contact of the Asylum camp 00233546663837.
As a refugee here i don't have any right or privilege to any thing be it money or whatever because i have not got the residence permit of this country which will entitle me to be a bit free in doing certain things and moving to the city.
I want to go back to my studies because i only had a certificate in general nursing and i was about to enroll for a degree in Nursing and Midwifery before the tragic incident that lead to my being in this situation now took place.
Please i would like to let you know that i have got with me here, my late father's statement of account and death certificate here with me which i will like to send to you latter, because when he was alive he deposited some amount of money in a leading bank here in Ghana which he used my name as the next of kin,the amount in question is $11.7M(Eleven Million Seven Hundred Thousand US Dollars).He saw this country to be the most peaceful and secured country in Africa to deposit this money, this is also why i headed to this country for refugee.
So i will like you to be aware of this and see how possible you can assist me get this money transferred to your account and from it you can send some money for me to get my traveling documents and wait for you to come over here and pick me up to visit you.I kept this secret to people in the camp here the only person that knows about it is one of the Reverend Sister here who is just like a mother to me.
So in the light of above i will like you to keep it to yourself and don't tell it to anyone for i am afraid of loosing my life and the money if people gets to know about it.
However i like you to send me some of your pictures and also try to call me through the reverend office phone line, my favorite language is English , but i speak English very fluently because i attended an American and English speaking private school all in my country for almost all my school.
I will like you to call me as i requested so that we can hear our voices, i have a lot to tell you. Have a nice day and think about me. I will be waiting to hear from you soonest.

http://www.voanews.com/english/news/Blast-at-Egpytian-Christian-Church-Kills-21-112742969.html

You can reply me through my private email peacefernando41@yahoo.com

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